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C. Y. KNIGHT. WRAPPBR FASTER'.

No. 449,124-I Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

37 wm diff/J UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES Y. KNIGHT, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK CROWELL, OF SAME PLACE.

WRAPPER-PASTER.

SPECIFICATIONforming part of Letters Patent No. 449,124, dated March 31, 1891. Application filed November 24,1888. Renewed February 9, 1891. Serial No. 380,728. (No model.)

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES Y. KNIGHT, of Minneapolis, in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wrapper-Pasters, of which the following is a specitication.

My invention relates to devices for pasting or gumming newspaper-Wrappers; audit consists, generally, in the construction and combination hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

1n the drawings, forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side elevation of my device. Fig.2 is a plan view of, and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section of, the same.

In the drawings, l represents the base of my machine.

3 is a hopper-shaped receptacle for the paste, and is secured to the piece 6, which is hinged at 7 to the base l, fitted with the spring 9, by means of which it is pressed downward toward the base. The roll 5, turning on proper bearings ll, forms in part the bottom of said paste-receptacle, with but suficient opening between the roller and the receptacle to allow a thin film of paste to remain upon the surface of the roll as it revolves.

13 represents a pile of wrappers placed in position underneath the roll to be gummed, the roll 5 resting-upon them near the inner end, so that the paste is applied to but a narrow strip across the end.

A spring'l, secured, preferably, to the under side of the paste-receptacle, is adapted to press upon the wrappers close to the end, so that as the t-op wrapper is withdrawn the pressure tends to cause the second to move with it a short distance and its other end to project over the pile, where it may be readily grasped by the fingers. The springs 9 serve to hold the roll 5 firmly upon the wrappers and to hold them in position.

The mode of operation is as follows: The wrappers are placed in aregular and even pile, with the end to be gurnmed underneath the roll 5, which rests upon them transversely. The newspaper or other package to be Wrapped is laid upon the pile of Wrap- 5o pers in front of the machine, the projecting end 17 of the upper wrapper then being folded over it, and the Wrapper is then pulled out from underneath the roll, which applies the paste to it as it rolls upon it, andthe Wrapper being given another turn upon it the gummed end of the Wrapper adheres to the package. The pressure of the spring 15, as above described, upon the pile causes the second Wrapper to move slightly as the first 6o is removed, so that its outer end in turn projects over the pile in position to be readily grasped by the hand. In this manner a pile of Wrappers of any desired number may be successively gummed or pasted With no other manipulation than simply removingthem one by one as wrapped about the newspaper.

I claim as my inventionl. In a device of the class described, the combination of the roll 5, adapted to rest 7o upon the Wrappers to be pasted, the paste-receptacle 3, adapted to convey the paste to the surface of said roll, the spring 9, adapted to press said roll firmly upon said wrappers, and the spring l5, secured underneath said recep- 7; tacle 3 and adapted to press upon said Wrappers and as each Wrapper is removed from the machine to carry the one underneath slightly forward with it, substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a paste-receptacle pivotally supported above its base, a pasteuoll journaled therein in contact with the inclosed paste and bearing upon said base, and a 8 5 spring connected to said base and to said receptacle and adapted to hold said roll with elastic pressure upon the articles placed underneath it, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The combination of a suitable base, a paste-receptacle arranged above and transverse of said base having spring-controlled pivoted connection with the same, a paste-roll journaled upon the same With its surface in contact with theinclosed paste and bearing with elastic pressure upon said base, and :t spring secured to said receptacle and adapted to bear upon the paper placed underneath said roll and as the upper sheet of the pnekage of paper is Withdrawn to cause the next sheet below the same to be carried forward, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of November, 1888.

CHARLES Y. KNIG'IT.

In presence of* RICHARD PAUL, JAS. J 

